Portable receptacle



Dec. 24, 1935. A. HALPIN PORTABLE RECEPTACLE Filed June 11, 1935 l movalof articles is facilitated.

Patented Dec. 24,v 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFI-iler.V

3 Claims.

This invention relates to portable receptacles and has among its objectsthe provision of an improved device of the character described adaptedfor particularly advantageous and convenient use as a' traveling bag,and whereby packingnand re- Another object of the invention is theprovision of a device of the type mentioned having relatively few andsimplerparts so arranged and constructed as to require a minimum oftime, labor and material in manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to furnish a device of the typementioned characterized by arigid bottom wall and an otherwise whollypliable bag body, together with yieldable but sufciently stiftreenforcing means to maintain the body in shape and to facilitate aneven distribution of the stress exerted by a handle connected to thebody for carrying the device, and so as to prevent the pliable body fromdistorting or rela.- tively collapsing under the stress of the handle.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of the classalluded to having- .a main compartment, and an auxiliary compartmenttherein, both compartments independently -ac cessible through individualopenings remote'from each other, whereby diierent types of articles in'tended for different uses or at different times may be handledseparately, and the device being highly compact, durable, neat andefiicient in use.

Other objects and advantages" of the invention will become apparent asthe `specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novelcombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in theirpreferred embodiments, pointed out in the sub.

joined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein likeparts are designated by the same reference characters throughouttheseveral views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an isometric perspective view showing a closed deviceembodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the open device lying on a side tofacilitate packing, by reason of the arrangement of the device.

Fig.` 3 is a similar view of the device in upright position andmaintained'only partially open toy retain articles in the lower part ofthe bag.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view. taken on the transverseline 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional diagrammatic view taken on the line 5-5of Fig. 4.

ltion or layer I5.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary tic sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig.4. I

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized whenall of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the 5same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less thanthe whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in theart to which the inventionVapperta-ins, that the same may be incorporated in several differentconstruc- 10 tions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submittedmerely as showing the preferred exemplication of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I0 denotes a device embodying theinvention. The same may reside in a portable receptacle having a bagcomprising top and end walls I I, I2, respectively, consistingpreferably of a single strip of pliable or flexible material, such asleather, composition or textile fabric. x

The bag I0 may include a plurality of side walls I3, I4 likewisepreferably consisting of a single strip or sheet of a material similarto that of the Walls Il and I2, and comprising a bottom por- The bag I0may have a bottom wall I6 stiffened or reenforced throughout so as to berigid,` and may comprise rigid material for this purpose. For

\ example, the bottom wall may include a reenforcing slab or panel I1 ofwood or composition, ex- 30 tending substantially throughout the bottom.This slab, if desired, may be covered by a sheet of textile fabric I8infolded as at I9 around the ends and sides of the slab.

Underlying the end portions of the slab or panel I1, the end walls I2may have portions 20 infolded for securement.

The layer I5 may underlie the panel I1 and the portions 20 and may besecured thereto by continuous transverse lines of stitching 2l at the 40ends of the bag. Rivets 22 may interconnect the panels and the parts I5and 22 at the corners of. the bag, and may afford heads to support thebag on the ground.

It is thus seen that the bag consists in the main of two pieces fmaterial. .One piece-provides the top and end walls Il and I2 and islongitudinally curved or arched over the bottom. 'Ijhe other pieceprovides the side walls I3, I4 and the under the bottom, being concavedupward and -transversely thereof 1in contradistinction to the finishingbottom layer I5 and extending 50 l covered by a piece of fabric handleis equalized over the top tained by the side walls means such as 3|, 3Iaare also may be suitably interconnected, affording a bag that can beconstructed with the least cutting, tting, sewing or other fabricationof parts and having a high degree of strength.

A handle 23 may be suitably connected as at 24 to the top wall II. Toprevent longitudinal and transverse collapse or distortion of the topwall by the pull exerted thereon by the handle in carrying the bag,suitable reenforclng means may be provided as will now be described.

The reenforcements referred to include longitudinal strip means 25extending continuously along and secured to the top and end Walls II,'I2 and in close proximity to the side wallsv I3, I4, down to the bottomwall of the bag and substantially to the anchorage at the rivets 22. Areenforcement 26, consisting of a slab 26 of wood or the like mayunderlie the top wall and may be 21 stitched to the top wall by a lineof stitching 28 extending continuously around the reenforcement 26. Thelatter may have side edges lying in relative prox- Since the means thepull of th'e wall and directly transmitted to the reenforcements 25which act like cables to carry the bottom wall. The curved path of thesecable 'like reenforcements is main--` I3, I4 which continuously suspendthe bottom wall and act as a uniform suspension means. Thus the shape ofthe pliable bag body is maintained.

If desired, one or more slide fasteners 29, 30 may be provided betweenportions of the top and end walls, and the side walls. Due to theproximity of the reenforcements 25, the latter are combined with theslide fasteners in imitary constructions. Preferably strip reenforcementprovided along the edges of the side walls on the opposite sides of theslide fasteners relative to the reenforceimity to the reenforcements 25.24 is connected to the slab 26,

' ments 25.

' the adjacent infolded edge of the adjoining wall of the receptacle. Aplurality of 4lines of stitching 35 may continuously interconnect theside wall with the strip 34 and the stringer 33 by passing therethrough.At the slide fastener 30, a pouch 36 may be provided openable by theslide fastener and suspended within the bag from the reenforcements 25and 3Ia as by having edge portions 31 of the pouch continuously insertedinto the cor-f-` responding reenforcements 25 vand 3Ia and se; curedtherein by the stitching 35. Details of the Cpouch will be laterdescribed. It is noted 'that the slide fastener 29 extends substantiallydown bag. This permits the bag to be placed on a side as shown in Fig. 2and opened wide with the wall I4 constituting a iiap. 'I'hus the bag maybe packed with great convenience. If it should be desired to open thebag in upright position to remove an article without dumping thecontents in the lower part of the bag, auxiliary holding means to limitthe opening without affecting the freedom of the slide fastener mayexample, short straps or tabs 36 may be aflixed to the end walls I2 ofthe bag within the same and may have detachable or snap fastenerengagement as at 39 with the side wall I4 intermediate to the bottomWall |601' the be provided. For' the upper and lower ends thereof. Ifthe flap or side wall I4 is now opened, regardless of the degree ofopening of the slide fastener, the lower portion of said side wallremains closed to retain the contents in the lower part of the bag. 5

. midway down the side wall The slide fastener 30 extends onlysubstantially I3 and terminates at 40. 'I'his slide fastener controlsthe pouch 36 w is ti hich consists of a thin limp fabric or rubber andclosed at the bottom 4I and at the lower poron of its ends as at 42.'I'he upper portions of its ends as well as its upper edges are securedalong opposite edges of the slide fastener and the pouch is thussustained, principally by the adjacent reenforcement 25. 'Ihe pouch 36may receive articles such as shoes. a wet bathing suit,

and the like.

It will be seen thatt'his device lends itself to rapid and simplemanufacture, as the reenforcements mentioned can be quickly attached,and 20 the bag then assembled.

The manner of using the invention will now be used as shown in Fig. 2,and pouch 36 can be distributed articles in the limp to suit thepacking,

and a desired article removed or inserted in the 30 position shown inFig. 3.

When packed, the andbag maintains its shape, and will not lose its formby stretching, distortion or the like.

two slide fasteners,

If desired,` the slide fastener 29 may comprise each beginning at 40 and35 terminating at a midpoint 45, indicated in Fig.

opened downward to ends so that the straps the slide fasteners can beany desired degree at both 38 may be eliminated.

. In this manner Of course a single slide fastener is cheaper, andl 40straps 38 aiTord positive action. It will be appreciated that variouschanges nd modificationsv may be made in the device as shown inthe-drawing, and that the same is submitted in an illustrative and notin a limiting 45 sense, the scope of the invention being defined in thefollowing claims.

wall of rigid material, top and 'side walls con- 50 n I claim: 1. Aportable receptacle including a bottom sisting of pliable material, thetop wall being in the shape of an arc of large radius, reenforcementsextending continuously along the meeting lines between the top and sidewalls and between the end and side walls and being secured to the bottomwall,

a slide fastener extending ontinuously between one side wall and the topnd end walls, a handle, and a stress distributing plate of rigidmaterial connected to the handle and extending along the top wall andbeing xed to the latter in proximity to said reenforcements. a

ing a sheet'of material 2. A portable receptacle including a baghavproviding a bottom wall and side walls extending upward therefrom, asecond sheet of material providing a top wall and downwardly extendingtherefrom, the

top, side, end and bottom walls being interconend walls and at least oneable to constitute 'the said and the connection between the top and sidewall being releasside wall, an openable for the bag, a stiil'ening meansbottom wall, reenforcement strips exnected,

tending along the lines of connection between' the side walls andthetop'and end walls, a sup- 75 porting handle connected to the top wall,and means connecting the handle to the top wall in relative proximity toand between the reenlorcements to cause the stress exerted by the handleon the top wall in lifting the bag to be communicated by thereenforcements downward toward the region of the bottom wall.

i 3. A portable receptacle including an elongated normally uprlght baghaving a downwardly 10 openable pliable side wall to permit the bag tobe packed when lying in a horizontal position, a slide fastener closurefor said sidewall, andl releasable attaching means independent of theende closure and located at the ends bf the said side wall in spacedrelation to the remote ends of the `slide fastener for limitingthedegree of opening of the side wall regardless of whether the 'slidefastener is fully open.

